Alex de Minaur marches into US Open last 16 as Daria Kasatkina bows out | US Open Tennis 2025
Alex de Minaur entered the second week of the United States for the fifth time with a professional victory against the German injured Daniel Altmaier.
The last Australia player stands once again, from Minaur recovered from a set in progress after Altmaier retired from the injured when the demonstration led 6-7 (9-7) 6-3 6-4 2-0 on Saturday (Sunday AST).
Altmaier had fought for more than four hours and had saved a match point in an epic third round triumph on Stefanos Tsisipas and fought valiantly to save.
But Energetic de Minaur was a man on a mission and jumped after his undermining opponent needed two medical waiting periods to treat a thigh of thigh.
Once down of two sets on one, Altmaier watched a man resigned to defeat and the eighth seeded of Australia moved to killing.
Coherence model, from Minaur has now made the last 16 to eight of the last nine masters of Grand Slam.
The 26 -year -old has a huge opportunity to make the quarter -final open for the third time when he faces the Swiss qualifier Leandro Riedi, the world’s n ° 435, in the fourth round.
De Minaur is the only Australian on the left in simple after the 15th seeded female Daria Kasatkina lost its third round confrontation with the double champion of the US Open Naomi Osaka 6-0 4-6 6-3.
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Encouraged as a favorite adopted by New York crowd, Japanese Osaka organized a fourth round competition with Coco Gauff.
But for Kasatkina, born in Russia, the 15th seeded, hoping to reach the fourth round of her 11th crack at the US Open, but in only his third Grand Slam this season under the Australian flag, there was not much to encourage after having obtained a “bagel” with his 6-0 route in the opening set on Saturday.
His fight to win the second stanza felt formidable after being so completely outdated very early, but in a match that always felt as he was on the more powerful Japanese racket, the quadruple major champion Osaka gathered to win an hour after an hour and 44 minutes at the Louis Armstrong Stadium.
